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U.S. Blocks Websites Linked to Iran at Key Point in Nuclear Talks - The New York Times

U.S. Blocks Websites Linked to Iran at Key Point in Nuclear Talks - The New York Times

U.S. Blocks Websites Linked to Iran at Key Point in Nuclear Talks - The New York Times
Jun 22, 2021 1 min, 15 secs

Officials seized the domains of about three dozen websites just days after Iran elected a new, hard-line president, and at a critical moment in nuclear negotiations.

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration blocked access on Tuesday to several dozen websites linked to Iran, American and Iranian officials said, just as negotiations to bring the United States and Tehran back into an international nuclear accord appeared to be nearing a final decision.

The United States blocked the sites days after Iran held a presidential vote to install Ebrahim Raisi, the country’s former chief judge and close ally of the clerical government’s supreme leader, as its top elected official.

In what seems to be a coordinated action, a similar message appears on the websites of Iranian and regional television networks that claims the domains of the websites have been “seized by the United States Government.” pic.twitter.com/JloU56LvpL.

national security official said the websites, about three dozen in all, were linked to disinformation efforts by Iran and other groups backed by Tehran.

The spokesman for Iran’s mission to the United Nations, Shahrokh Nazemi, said the United States was trying to muzzle free speech.

American and Iranian officials are not negotiating directly, leaving it to diplomats from Europe, China and Russia to serve as intermediaries in the talks, which are aimed at bringing the United States and Iran back into compliance with the 2015 nuclear accord that the United States left three years later on the orders of President Donald J.

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